Two County Council members signaled an openness to loosen virtual participation rules, right before the council’s first pregnant member goes on maternity leave.
A controversial vote against loosening virtual meeting participation rules for Prince George’s County Council members made in the weeks before council member Krystal Oriadha goes on maternity leave will get another look, after public outcry.In a committee-of-the-whole meeting Tuesday, at-large council members Mel Franklin and Calvin S. Hawkins II flipped their votes to support the resolution they previously opposed, providing the eight votes needed for it to be presented before the council.
On the dais, Franklin said that his switch was rooted in unity and support so that, moving forward, the council can have the most impact. Hawkins, who had accused Oriadha of painting herself as “the victim”
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